1. We cannot reach those students whose minds we don’t engage. Who are the students in your classroom or school that remain frequently disengaged? What efforts in your classroom or school are consistently made to engage these learners?
2. In what ways does your experience affirm or refute the possible pitfalls of advanced learners in schools? What advice would you add to the chapter’s suggestions for working effectively with these students?
I have a majority of ADHD students in my classroom. They are always engaged with something, if even momentarily, just not necessarily what I had planned. There are also a few passive-agressive students, who choose to simply sit. My job in a differentiated classroom will include designing options that will increase that attention span of some, and be so intriguing to others that maybe they won't realize they are working!
ReplyDeleteI think you got it just right...you have to be so "intriquing" the students don't realize they're working! Lee Ann
ReplyDeleteYes Sarah, I agree that the passive aggressive students choose not to do the work. When you find ways to have them working and not knowing they are working is the beginning of the battle. I beleive evryone student has an interest or motivation to do the work. It is our job to find that way. Kara
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